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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 10,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 751
February 9, 2016 - Offered by Representative Pope.
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21. Page 1, line 8: after "program" insert "; counting low-income pupils for state
3school aid purposes; calculating the amount to be appropriated for state general
4school aid; school aid factors; special adjustment aids; hold harmless aid; per pupil
5aid; school district revenue limits; the first dollar and school levy property tax
6credits; and making an appropriation".
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Section 1a. 20.255 (2) (ac) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.255
(2) (ac)
General equalization aids. The amounts in the schedule A sum
10sufficient for the payment of educational aids under ss. 121.08, 121.09, 121.095,
11121.105,
121.137 and subch. VI of ch. 121
equal to the amount determined by the joint
12committee on finance under s. 121.15 (3m) (c) in the 2016-17 fiscal year and
1biennially thereafter, and equal to the amount determined by law in the 2017-18
2fiscal year and biennially thereafter.
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3Section 1b. 20.255 (2) (aq) of the statutes is repealed.
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4Section 1c. 20.255 (2) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.255
(2) (bg)
Hold harmless aid. A sum sufficient for hold harmless aid to
6school districts under s. 121.10.
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7Section 1d. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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79.10
(4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amount
9appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) shall be distributed to municipalities in
10proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.
11No municipality shall receive a payment under this subsection after 2017.
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12Section 1e. 79.10 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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79.10
(5m) First dollar credit. Each municipality shall receive, from the
14appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), an amount determined by multiplying the
15school tax rate by the estimated fair market value, not exceeding the value
16determined under sub. (11) (d), of every parcel of real property with improvements
17that is located in the municipality.
No municipality shall receive a payment under
18this subsection after 2017.
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2179.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for
22the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996;
23$469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007;
24$672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012;
1$747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and $853,000,000 in 2016 and
in each year
2thereafter 2017.
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3Section 1g. 79.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
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479.15 Improvements credit. The total amount paid each year to
5municipalities from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (3) (b) for the
6payments under s. 79.10 (5m) is $75,000,000 in 2009, $145,000,000 in 2010, and
7$150,000,000 in 2011
, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and
in each year thereafter 82017.
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Section 19c. 121.004 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.004
(7) (a) "Pupils enrolled" is the total number of pupils, as expressed by
14official enrollments, in all schools of the school district, except as provided in pars.
15(b) to
(f) (g). If such total contains a fraction, it shall be expressed as the nearest whole
16number. The same method shall be used in computing the number of pupils enrolled
17for resident pupils, nonresident pupils or both.
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18Section 19d. 121.004 (7) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
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121.004
(7) (g) A pupil who satisfies the income eligibility criteria for a free or
20reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1) shall be counted as the number
21specified in this subsection for the pupil plus an additional 30 percent of that number.
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22Section 19e. 121.07 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.07
(6) (d) The "secondary ceiling cost per member" in the
2001-02 2016-17 24school year and in each school year thereafter is an amount determined by dividing
1the state total shared cost in the previous school year by the state total membership
2in the previous school year
and multiplying the result by 0.90.
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3Section 19f. 121.10 of the statutes is created to read:
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4121.10 Hold harmless aid.
(1) In this section, "state aid" means the sum of
5the following:
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(a) The payments made to a school district under ss. 121.08 and 121.105 and
7subch. VI.
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(b) The payments that would be made to a school district under s. 121.136 if s.
9121.136 were still applicable.
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(c) The amount that would be received by a school district under s. 79.10 (4) and
11(5m) if s. 79.10 (4) and (5m) were still applicable.
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12(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), in the 2016-17 school year, if a school
13district would receive less in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the current school
14year before any adjustment is made under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than it would have
15received in state aid in the current school year, the department shall pay to the school
16district the amount equal to the difference.
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(b) If a school district from which territory was detached to create a new school
18district under s. 117.105 would receive in equalization aid under s. 121.08 in the
19school year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the
20reorganization less than the amount determined as follows, the department shall
21pay to the school district the difference between the former amount and the amount
22determined as follows:
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1. Divide the school district's membership in the preceding school year by the
24school district's membership in the 2nd preceding school year.
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12. Multiply the amount of state aid that would have been received by the school
2district in the preceding school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in the current
3school year, by the quotient under subd. 1.
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4(3) In the school year in which a school district consolidation takes effect under
5s. 117.08 or 117.09 and in each of the subsequent 4 school years, if the consolidated
6school district's equalization aid is less than the aggregate state aid to which the
7consolidating school districts would have been eligible in the school year prior to the
8school year in which the consolidation takes effect, the department shall pay the
9difference to the consolidated school district.
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10(4) Additional aid under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under
11s. 20.255 (2) (bg). No aid may be paid under this section after the 2016-17 school year.
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12Section 19g. 121.105 (2) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.105
(2) (am) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if a school district would
14receive less in state aid in the current school year before any adjustment is made
15under s. 121.15 (4) (b) than an amount equal to
85% 90 percent of the amount of state
16aid that it received in the previous school year, as adjusted under s. 121.15 (4) (b) in
17the current school year, its state aid for the current school year shall be increased to
18an amount equal to
85% 90 percent of the state aid received in the previous school
19year.
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20Section 19h. 121.105 (2) (am) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.105
(2) (am) 2. (intro.) If a school district from which territory was detached
22to create a new school district under s. 117.105 would receive in state aid in the school
23year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
24less than
85 90 percent of the amount determined as follows, its state aid in the school
25year beginning on the first July 1 following the effective date of the reorganization
1shall be increased to an amount equal to
85
90 percent of the amount determined as
2follows:
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3Section 19j. 121.105 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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121.105
(5) A school district's state aid in any school year may not be less than
5an amount equal to $3,000 multiplied by the school district's membership.
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6Section 19k. 121.136 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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121.136
(3) No aid may be paid under this section after June 30, 2016.
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8Section 19L. 121.15 (1m) (a) (intro.) and 3. of the statutes are consolidated,
9renumbered 121.15 (1m) (a) and amended to read:
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121.15
(1m) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (1g),
a portion of state aid to
11school districts shall be distributed as follows: Beginning
beginning in the
121999-2000 2015-16 school year,
annually the state shall pay to school districts, from
13the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ac),
$75,000,000 $972,400,000 on the 4th
14Monday in July of the following school year.
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15Section 19m. 121.15 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
